Frankston City Industrial Strategy

Last year, the Strategic Planning team initiated the Frankston City Industrial Strategy project to establish a future plan for the city’s industrial precincts. This strategy is guided by a Vision and five objectives that aim to transform these areas.

Council recently completed a six-week consultation period for the Draft Strategy, seeking feedback on the Vision and objectives through one-on-one discussions and information pop-up sessions with the industrial sector and key stakeholders.

The project explores several important objectives, including rejuvenating aging industrial areas, transforming the Kananook industrial area into a sports and hospitality destination, promoting a low-carbon sustainable economy, enhancing the attractiveness of industrial precincts, and expanding accessibility and transport infrastructure.

Small Business Expo

The Economy, Investment & Activation team showcased Frankston City’s investment potential at the CommBank Small Business Expo 2023 in Marvel Stadium on Wednesday and Thursday, 24 and 25 May.

Engaging with over 150 business owners from across the country, we highlighted our city’s Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre (FMAC) Structure Plan, industrial precinct plan. Affordable housing, amenities, state-of-the-art facilities, available commercial spaces, grants, education and workforce incentives, city-living options, and upcoming workplaces and co-working spaces. As the sole exhibiting council, we pleasantly surprised visitors and provided them with goodie bags filled with important information about our City by the bay. For more info, email business@frankston.vic.gov.au

Women’s sporting opportunities in Frankston City will receive a welcome boost, with the $5.33 million upgrade to Kevin Collopy Pavilion at Jubilee Park. The upgrade will include extensive refurbishment and extension to improve player and community amenities, with a strong focus on disability and inclusion, and female-friendly facilities. The 10-month project will include:

• New groundkeeper's building toilets next to the pavilion.

• New change rooms, umpire's facilities, canteens, storage and first aid rooms on the ground floor.

• Accessible facilities.

The upgraded Pavilion will allow the Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club and Frankston YCW Football Netball Club to better support players and strengthen female participation in sport.

“Until now we haven’t had the appropriate facilities to establish a senior football team for women, but with the upgraded pavilion and Trotting Track oval, we’ll be able to offer the opportunity to our four junior women’s teams,” said Frankston YCW Football Netball Club Past President and Council liaison, Sean La Fontaine.

Club President Lou Meagher agrees, adding: “The redevelopment allows us to deliver on our vision of being a football and netball home for everyone in the community.”

Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club Vice President Dennis Prendergast said, “The upgraded pavilion will meet Cricket Australia’s accreditation standards, so we’ll be able to again host women’s first-class cricket games at Butler Oval, as well as having changeroom facilities that are more suitable for the state’s elite premier cricket competition.”

Cebby’s stunning images in the frame at Frankston Arts Centre

Ceberio (Cebby) Johnson is an Indigenous, blind photographer and asks his audience to be his eyes.

Beauty Park’s fountain

The feedback received from the community will shape the development of the Final Industrial Strategy, providing a clear framework for the future development of Frankston’s industrial precincts. This will bring certainty for the Council, industrial sector, investors, and developers.

Public consultation on the draft Industrial Strategy concluded on 29 May, 2023, and the adoption of the Final Industrial Strategy is expected in late 2023. Stay updated on the Engage Frankston webpage or scan the QR code.

Façade Improvement Grants

In 2022-2023 IF Façade

Improvement Grants have awarded a total of $100,000 to 12 local businesses in Frankston City to revamp their shopfront facades.

Among the recipients is the well-established retailer, the Bounty Shop. The grants, launched in March 2023, included two stages, with 34 eligible applicants invited to apply for Stage 2. Out of the 20 stage two applications received, 12 successful projects were selected, featuring illuminated signage, upgraded façades, fresh paint, a servery window, and an art mural. These grants aim to enhance the appearance of buildings and businesses, attracting more foot traffic and inspiring further investment. To discover the grant recipients, visit investfrankston. com/news

We are looking forward to seeing some new shopfront façade improvements in Frankston City soon!

For all the latest news, updates and supports for local business go to investfrankston.com

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Already popular with two legged, four legged and feathered residents and visitors, the park’s lake now has a fountain with a special evening light show. The fountain can change colours for special occasions (such as green for St Patrick’s Day, pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Day and of course green and red for Christmas).

The fountain is operational throughout the day and is lit from early evening until only 9.30pm to ensure the resident ducks can sleep soundly. The project was championed by Cr David Asker who is over the moon with the result, and Carrum Downs company Aquatic Technologies assisted in the delivery.

“I take the photo of my moments –then they see the moment for me,” he said. Cebby presents a photographic exhibition titled ‘Your Eyes. My Heart’ featuring images taken during a recent trip back to his birthplace in the Northern Territory.

Cebby won the Frankston Arts Centre Open Exhibition 2022 with a joyous photographic self-portrait in which he embraces his rescue dog, Early.

The artwork was recognised for the joy and spontaneity of its subjects and captured Cebby’s remarkable fortitude and optimism.

As part of his award prize, Cebby is presenting his ‘Your Eyes. My Heart’

Renaming a section of RF Miles Reserve

Frankston City Council is asking for community input to rename the picturesque area of reserve alongside Kananook Creek, commonly known as Kananook Creek Reserve but formally named RF Miles Reserve.

Geographic Names Victoria advised that to avoid duplication of existing names, such as Kananook, a new name could reflect the area's indigenous history. Frankston City Council consulted with the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and proposed two names, Pallim Parn (Salt Water) and Yoke (Eel) Gardens, that authentically represent the reserve's indigenous significance. Council endorsed community engagement on these proposed names for formally renaming this section of the reserve. The formal renaming focuses solely on the walking path and garden, leaving the existing sporting fields, pavilion, and playground of RF Miles Reserve unaffected.

Cebby Johnson asks his audience to be his eyes exhibition, which is now on at Frankston Arts Centre’s Curved Wall Gallery until 19 August. For more information, please visit artcentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

Vote for Pallim Parn (Salt Water) or Yoke (Eel) Gardens, or to keep the RF Miles Reserve name, at Engage Frankston or scan the QR code by 5pm, 13 August 2023. A detailed map is available on Engage Frankston to highlight the area.